Means for stopping looms at intervals.



' Patented July 8, mm. a. A. CLUFF.

MEANS FOR STOPPING LOOMS AT INTEBVALS.

(Application filed Dec. 3, 1901.) (No Madal.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 704,436 Patented July 8,1902.

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MEANS FOR STOPPING L-OOMS AT INTERVALS.

(Application filed Dec. 3. 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNrr ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. OLUFF, OF PATERSON, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO JOHN J. POWERS, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

MEANS FOR STOPPING LOONlS AT INTERVALS.

(SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,436, dated July 8, 1902.

I Application filed December 3, 1901. Serial No. 84,508. (No model) To all whom, it iii/(by concern: (See Fi 1 a d The 1 1; is of Beit known that LGEORGE A. OLUFF, acitithe usual construction-11amely, it is in the zen of the United States, and a resident of form of a disk with worm-teeth on this disk Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State meshing with the shaft 1). 5 of New Jersey, have invented a new and. Im- 0 indicates the stationary pointer or hand proved Means for Stopping Looms at Inter of the clock. As the finished ribbon or other vals, of which the following is a full, clear, product of the loom is wound up the clock and exact description. 0 is driven in time with the sand-roll and by The purpose of this invention itto provide the proper adjustment of the parts the clock I0 a mechanism for automatically stopping the may be made to show precisely the number movement of a ribbon or other loom when a of yards passing around the sand-roll and certain length of goods has been woven. In wound on the cloth-beam. Reference to Fig. the manufacture of ribbons it is the custom 6 will show that in the form here illustrated to Weave the ribbon in lengths of ten yards; the clock is intended to perform one revolut5 and the special object of this invention is to tion for every ten yards wound on the clothstop the ribbon-loom accurately at every ten beam. yards along the length of the ribbon, after The clock-disk turns in direction of the arwhich the ribbon may be moved slightly with row, (see Fig. 6,) and on the face of the disk the warp-threads and the weaving then reis a crown-cam d. This cam is so locatedon 2o sumed, the result of which operation is that the disk 0 that when ten yards are indicated the ribbon will have a small part at each ten thereby the cam runs under a lever 02', fasyards in which there is no filling, this part tened'to the clock-frame c by a clamp 61*. serving as a mark for subsequently cutting (See Fig. 6.) The lever d is connected by a the ribbon into the ten-yards length referred cord d to the counterweighted carrier 6 of 25 to above. the hook f. This carrier e is fulcrnmed on a This specification is a specific description suitable frame-piece e, fastened to the framof one form of the invention, while the claims ing of the loom. g indicates a pivoted stop, are definitions of the actual scope thereof. which is normally engaged with the tailpiece Reference is to be had to the accompanying e of the carrier e to hold the carrier raised, o drawings, forming apart of this specification, as in Fig. 1. The stop 9 is held in this posiin which similar characters of reference indi tion by the pressure of the weighted carrier cate corresponding parts in all the views. thereon, and the instant the lever d moves Figure 1 is a side view of the invention down under the action of the cam cl the carshowing it applied to a ribbon-loom. Fig. 2 rier e is lifted, lowering the tailpiece e there- 35 is a front elevation of the samel Fig. 3 is a of. This disengages the stop g, which then detail sectional View of the cloth-beam and falls by gravity to the position shown in Fig. sand-roll. Fig. 4c is an enlarged side view of 4. Upon relaxation of the pressure on the the trip device. Fig. 5 is a section on the lever cl" the carrier falls by gravity from the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. (i is a plan view of position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown 0 the clock. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7.7 in Fig. 4.

of Fig. 6; and Fig. Sis aview showingalength e represents a stop on the frame 6 which of the ribbon with the filling or weft threads limits the releasing movement of the stop g.

omitted at one point, so as to mark the ribh indicates the batten of the loom, and h bon at every ten-yards or other length deindicates an eye which is fastened to the 5 5 sired. batten.

a represents the sand-roll of the loom, a, a NVhen the carrier 6 is raised to the normal gearin connection therewith, and a the clothor inactive position shown in Fig. 1, the bill beam. l/Vith the gear a is meshed a gear I) of the hook f is out of the path of the eye h; on a worm-shaft b. The worm-shaft b is but when the carrier falls to the active positoo 50 mounted to turn in the frame 0 of the clock tion shown in Fig. 4 the bill of the hook is e, such frame beingheld in place byabracket lowered into the path of the eye it, and as or eye h.

the eye moves forward it engages the hook and draws the same longitudinally backward as the batten returns. The hook is mounted to slide longitudinally in the carrier 6, thus allowing for the above-described movement. The hookfhas a cord f attached, such cord running around a pulley f on the frame 6 of the carrier 6. This cord then passes over guide-pulleys f which may be arranged in any suitable manner, and the cord is finally connected to the shipper t' of the loom. f indicates a spring which holds the hook f normally in its forward position. (See Fig. 2;) The shippert'is connected with the mechanism for'st-opping and starting the loom, so that when the hookf is drawn backward and strain is placed on the cord f the shipper is moved to throw the loom out of action.

When the loom is started, the parts are placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, and when ten yards of work or any other length desired are wound on the cloth-beam the cam 01 will automatically actuate the lever d and throw the carrier 6, so as to allow the stop g to disengage itself. Then the carrier drops, so that the hookfis actuated to stop the loom. The operative of the loom may now perform suchoperations as are necessary to make the well-known mark in the ribbon, as illustrated in Fig. 8, and'then the operation of the loom is again started by throwing up the carrier e and disengaging the hook J from the staple The dog or stop 9 is then returned to its active position, and the parts again assume the adjustment shown in Fig. 1.

The advantage of this invention is that it automatically stops the loom the instant that the desired quantity of ribbon or other fabric has been woven. It does not depend upon the care of an operative in watching a device which merely indicates the number of yards woven. In the old apparatus as commonly employed the operative was called upon to watch the indicator and stop the loom when the proper number of yards had been woven. In frequent instances the operator will allow the loom to go on past the necessary number of yards, and then the ribbon has to be unwound and measured.

Various changes in the form and details of my invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all forms of the invention as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 7 1. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom moving in a fixed path, of a device connected with the loom for throwing the loom out of gear, a carrier on which said device is mounted, and means operated periodically from the loom for moving said carrier.

2. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom moving in a fixed path and provided with an eye, of a hook mounted to slide and connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, the hook being adapted to be engaged by the said eye, means for normally holding the hook out of the path of the eye, and releasing means for the hook operated periodically from the loom, for the purpose specified.

3. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom, said part moving in a fixed path, of a hook connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, a carrier on which the hook is mounted to move into and out of the path of the said part of the loom, means for normally holding the carrier with the hook in inactive position, and trip devices for said means, the trip devices being operated periodically from the loom, for the purpose specified.

4. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom, said part moving in a fixed path, of a hook connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, the hook being adapted to be actuated by said part of the loom, means for normally holding the hook out of the path of the said part of the loom, and trip devices for said means, the trip devices being operated periodically from the loom, for the purpose specified.

5. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom, said part moving in a fixed path, of a carrier, a hook mounted thereon and connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, a stop normally engaged with the carrier to hold it with the hook out of the path of said part of the loom, and devices for releasing the dog to move the hook into the path of said part of the loom, the said devices being operated periodically from the lever.

6. In a loom attachment, the combination with the clock driven in time with the loom, of a cam attached to the clock, a lever actuated from the cam, a fulcrnmed carrier connected with said lever, a device mounted on said carrier and connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, the said device being adapted to be moved into the path of a part of the loom and to be engaged thereby for the purpose specified.

7. In a loom attachment, the combination with a clock driven in time with the loom, of a cam on the clock, a lever actuated from the cam, a carrier, a hook mounted on the carrier and connected with the loom to throw it out of gear, the hook being adapted to be engaged by a part of the loom moving in a fixed path, a stop for holding the carrier with the hook normally out of the path of the said part of the loom, and a connection between the lever and the carrier, for the purpose specified.

8. In a loom attachment, the combination with the 'batten provided with an eye, of a hook connected with the loom to throw the same out of gear, a fulcrumed support on which the hook is mounted to slide, and means operated periodically for moving said support to carry the hook into the path of the eye, for the purpose specified.

9. In a loom attachment, the combination with the batten of the loom provided with an eye, a dial driven in time with the loom, and a stationary pointer for indicating on said dial, of a cam on the face of the dial, a lever actuated from the cam, a counterweighted fulcrumed carrier, a hook mounted to slide on the carrier, a cord passing over pulleys and connecting the hook with the shipper of the loom to throw the loom out of gear, the

' hook being adapted to be engaged by the eye on the batten, a pivoted stop forholding the carrier with the hook normally out of the path of the eye of the batten, and a cord connecting the lever and the carrier, for the purpose specified.

10. In a loom attachment, the combination with a part of the loom moving in a fixed path, of a hook connected with the loom to throw it out of gear and mounted to move longitudinally and also to swing in a vertical plane, the said hook being adapted to be engaged and moved longitudinally in one direction by said part of the loom to throw the loom out of gear, a spring for holding the hook normally in the opposite direction, means for normally holding the hook raised and out of the path of said part of the loom, and a releasing device for said means operated periodically from the loom to permit the hook to swing into the path of said part of the loom, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE A. OLUFF.

Witnesses:

I. 13. OWENS, JNo. M. BITTER. 

